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Use of phenotyping and genotyping to verify transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from dairy farms.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Mar 2002
Lahti E, Eklund M, Ruutu P, Siitonen A, Rantala L, Nuorti P, Honkanen-Buzalski T
Abstract excerpt
A total of 80 human infections by Escherichia coli O157:H7 were documented in Finland in 1997 and 1998. Most were sporadic and their sources undetermined. Five cases not associated with one another, one of which led to secondary transmission within a family, could be traced to five different dairy farms. These five case patients (age range 2-17 years, median age 3 years) were hospitalised with bloody diarrhoea;...
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